Somebody 'splain to me why you would shoot a short barreled gun for the supposed lightning quick dynamics and then handle it with your arm straight out.
If a bird is flying by, you can instinctively reach out and touch the beak with your left hand.
Same principle when playing with the light, fast, shotguns.
It's taught as a two handed exercise.
Left hand reaches forward, right hand brings the stock to cheek, head upright, shoulder rolls into the butt.
When the Grey's clear the hedge, it works fabuluously.
So it's a jab, not a swing.
There are a bunch of mechanical elements to these shooting styles.
They start with footwork and weight transfer as a foundation.
They have no element of sustained lead in them.
I don't want to mix metaphors, but essentially, you mount on the bird, and your weight transfer accelerates the barrels enough away from the bird to ensure enough lead.
When I was working on shooting at 50+ yard clays at WLSS, I found I was not limber enough to snap my hip forward to accelerate the gun enough.
Remember, on incomers, this style means the bird will be behind the plane of the barrels when the shot is taken (obscured).
But if you want to look elegant while shooting, it's a very good style to adopt.
